Société Générale
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A trio of triple-B rated companies brought bond sales totalling €2.75bn on Thursday, as a primary market abuzz with official stimulus roared towards the year's close. -
French car parts maker Faurecia has gone against the headwinds buffeting the industry, cutting financing costs with its latest refinancing round. A number of other well known high yield borrowers are also rushing into the market before Christmas to switch their higher coupon paper into cheaper alternatives.
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Gaëlle Olivier is set to take over as the chief executive officer for Société Générale Asia Pacific in January next year, succeeding Hikaru Ogata who is leaving the bank.
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South Korean heavy industry company Doosan Infracore Co sold a $300m three year bond on Tuesday, helped along by a guarantee from Korea Development Bank.
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Oil major BP and motorbike maker Harley-Davidson both hit the euro bond market on Tuesday, in the wake of the European Central Bank’s far bigger than expected first week of corporate bond purchases.
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Intesa Sanpaolo and Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) gave investors the chance to put money into preferred senior paper on Tuesday. Both trades attracted chunky order books and gave away a small new issue premium.
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La Banque Postale is looking to strengthen its capital position with a new additional tier one bond, beginning investor meetings on Friday. The issuer joins a growing trend towards issuers employing six month par call options in their perpetual securities.
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China’s Ministry of Finance has raised €4bn from a three tranche deal, returning to the euro market after 15 years away. The bond is expected to encourage Chinese issuers from across the credit spectrum to tap the euro market, writes Addison Gong.
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Société Générale reported a slump in overall profit as part of its third quarter results on Wednesday, but was keen to draw attention to a near-50bp improvement in its capital ratios, thanks to restructuring actions.
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China’s Ministry of Finance has raised €4bn from a three tranche deal, returning to the euro market after a 15 year layoff. Bankers think the deal will encourage Chinese issuers from across the credit spectrum to come to the euro market.
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Central European telecommunications provider PPF Arena 1 has come to market for its second bond issue, after debuting earlier this year.
